A trio of SD40-2's pull onto the main heading for Kansas City

Pity the young railfan who will never experienced a diesel enginehouse before all those pesky environmental regulations took hold. Tideflats Yard reeked of oil and with a wonderful combination of ... (more)

Milwaukee Road's Extra 23 East ascends the Cascades at Cedar Falls, Washington. Now, just a distant memory.

Milwaukee Road power for the run up and over Tacoma Hill sits at Tacoma's Tideflats Yard.

These were the denizens of the dying end of the vine.

Surprisingly modern facility.

This old unit looks pretty good compared to the other Fs sitting around.

This was a boy scout special traveling to the national Jamboree this year. The date may have been in late September.

A little fire damage and a desperate financial situation resulted in this cannibalism victim no doubt. Such an object of morbid curiousity seemed to characterize every Milwaukee Road terminal.

One of the last operating units of this type in America, even then. We must have driven 200 miles out of the way for this one. Boy could it kick cars, just open the throttle and it loads. I thi... (more)

CMStP&P manifest moves past Wood on its way south. Note the three flags on the side of the building that operators used to authorize movements in the daytime--green for the IC, yellow for the MILW... (more)

Upon my arrival, Green Bay greeted me with beautiful Fairbanks Mores switchers still chugging along. In 1973 Green Bay was a busy railroad place with a lot of railroad infrastructure still standin... (more)

Hey man, that's cool! A 1959 Chevy Impala poses by a 1944 Alco 4-8-4, which will be used on BNSF's Employee Appreciation Trips out of Minneapolis.

The sun is setting through the unique glass of Milwaukee Road Skytop Lounge observation "Cedar Rapids" built in 1948 for the Twin Cities Hiawathas.